The Army Network Campaign Plan

The Army Network Campaign Plan (ANCP) supports mission readiness by providing the vision and direction that set conditions for and lay a path to the network of 2020 and beyond. It is the overarching plan unifying the Army's efforts to provide a modern network designed to meet the Army's warfighting and business needs, today and tomorrow. The ANCP supports The Army Plan and is aligned with the Army Operating Concept.

The ANCP and two accompanying documents, the ANCP - Implementation Guidance, Near-Term (2015-2016) and the ANCP - Implementation Guidance, Mid-Term (2017-2021), are intended to be used together to achieve the overall vision. The near-term guidance focuses on execution-level activities and reflects the realities of Army mission obligations, acquisition planning and resourcing. The mid-term guidance charts network modernization from a capabilities perspective to steer resource planning and shape the Program Objective Memorandum.

Why is this important to the Army?

Achieving the vision of a secure, integrated, standards-based and globally
accessible network that enables the Army's success in the joint fight today
and tomorrow demands a fully coordinated and synchronized approach across
the community. The future network leverages the capacity, security and
resilience of the enterprise network to fully support end-to-end
connectivity. The Army will align with the Joint Information Environment to
bring even greater network capability and interoperability that would not be possible for an individual Service. The ANCP is the overarching "game plan" that drives the Army's focus and unifies the team effort to optimize operational effectiveness and improve network and information security while achieving increased efficiencies.

What is the Army doing?

The ANCP contains the Army's key network modernization priorities. The
campaign plan and its supporting documents are designed to convey to key
stakeholders the Army's intent and focus. Developed by the CIO/G-6, whose
role it is to set overall Army network modernization plans and appropriate
resourcing, these documents lay the foundation for the network of 2020 and
beyond.

What does the Army have planned for the future?

The Army network is a critical enabler in provisioning leaner, more lethal,
expeditionary and agile teams that have more combat power. Army users expect to access a network that delivers at the point of need. The network must span all Army operations, from the garrison to the most forward-deployed Soldier at the tactical edge. It must enable command posts to be
expeditionary, agile, modular, scalable and responsive by arming them with
the information they need to execute decisive actions anytime, anywhere,
using any device.

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